enioka Scan: reject vendor lock-in for your barcode readers

TALK PRESENTED IN FRENCH – The barcode reader market is fragmented and resistant to flexibility. Vendors impose proprietary SDKs or applications, locking users into a single ecosystem, with switching providers requiring a complete rewrite of the interfacing application. enioka Scan is an open-source Android library that gives users the flexibility to choose the vendor that best suits their needs at any given time. It provides a common API for all supported readers, on top of each vendor’s proprietary SDK, open-sourced whenever possible. In this presentation, we will revisit the reasons behind the proprietary lock-in of barcode readers. After a brief history of the project, we will explain how the library works to be compatible with devices from different manufacturers and discuss reverse engineering as a tool for open-source developers.